The mobile robot “Perseverance” located on the surface of Mars has detected possible biometric fingerprints on the Red Planet that must be confirmed by analyzes carried out on Earth, the US space agency “NASA” announced Thursday.
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The rover robot Perseverance on Mars has reached an essential stage of its mission to search for traces of life on the Red Planet, by collecting samples that are “the most valuable” to date, because they contain potential biosignatures that must be confirmed by analyzes conducted on the ground, according to what the agency announced. NASA, Thursday.
Although this discovery does not constitute evidence that life previously existed on Mars, it represents the best opportunity to date to be able to one day detect previous microbial life, and the possible biosignature may result from the presence of life, but it may also occur with the absence of life.
To confirm this bio-signature, samples must be analyzed with powerful laboratory tools on Earth, and NASA plans to send the samples back to Earth via a new mission it launches by 2033.
